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Cookie Queens: “The way that the world sees girls and women and the way we know ourselves to be are not always in sync.”
In this vHopeful Conversation, I speak with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Alysa Nahmias about Cookie Queens, her joyful, incisive documentary following four Girl Scouts through the high-stakes world of cookie-selling season. What begins as a...
How To Build The Right Festival Strategy For You & Your Film — in 40 Steps, 2026 Edition
Part Three: Steps 26-40
Ready for the wrap up? Yeah, my rewrite on festival strategy took three parts. Sorry about that. When they start providing classes in festival strategy — because there are jobs in this realm that need to be filled —...
PART I — Who's pushing film production overseas?
but why does it feel like a long walk off a short pier?
Too many film people in our industry are out of work. Far too many more will lose jobs if the illegal merger is allowed to go through. Too few can ever look forward to a sustainable c...
Part Five: Who Will Be Responsible For “Independent Cinema”
Building NonDē: Make The Ecosystem Work Like An Ecosystem
Last go round, we started building the list — the Recommended Best Practices (RBPs) — for how to stop getting stuck on repeat and finally start freeing ourselves from Square One.
Uncertainty Is A Hope-fueled Superpower
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Hello, Hope For Film readers:
I’m a Los Angeles–based documentary executive producer, philanthropic advisor, and nonprofit board member. Six months ago I added The Backlight to the mix, first and foremost as personal scaff...
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A producer on over 70 films, studio exec on over 60, Ted launched Amazon’s foray into feature film production. His memoir/handbook "HopeForFilm" is available for your reading pleasure.
A former exec at a streaming company, the EntStratGuy provides regular thoughts and analysis on the business, strategy and economics of entertainment. I write for my newsletter and am a columnist at The Ankler.
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Screenwriter (creator, NBC/Sky's DRACULA) | Novelist (PSALMS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD) | Host of 5AM STORYTALK podcast. Storytelling craft deep dives, emphasis on film/TV, in between trying to make sense of the 21st century through the lens of art.
Author of five New York Times bestsellers. || Writer at GOOD MOVIE, a publication about movies that are good.
Director. Producer. Documentary & Fiction Films. INVISIBLE NATION (PBS). Co-Writer, Co-Host LOVE IS A CRIME (Vanity Fair). Writer, Host vHOPEFUL CONVERSATIONS podcast w inspiring filmmakers & authors, listen (Apple. Spotify), watch here, HopeForFilm
Graduate of The Purchase Mafia TV actor and producer Board Member of The Art House Convergence
D.L. Holmes is a filmmaker and writer. Founded Three Left Feet Media to write about the stories behind the movies, cinema history, and other aspects of filmmaking.
I am an educator and filmmaker from Lafayette, Louisiana. I write about micro-budget filmmaking and the independent film industry.
You don’t need another trade recap. You need someone who’s been in the room. I’m a senior ent exec and producer w/30 years across studios, agencies, distribution/marketing. This newsletter is what I wish I’d had and what the trades don’t understand
Beantown economic sociologist turned screenwriter and producer building alternative business models. Co-founder @ Intrinsic Entertainment Collaborative. https://seedandspark.com/fund/buyletterboxd
Filmmaker - Actor - Novelist - NYC/LI
Media critic, journalist, anti-racist feminist *Author: IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S MEDIA (23rd St. Books); REALITY BITES BACK (Seal) *Founder: Women In Media & News *Speaker (events, media): DM for talks/workshops/TV/docs/radio/podcasts *Comedy nerd She/Her
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